ADIT*II,I9 RTES . . 81. 1 mo. 8 mos. 5 mos. 1 yr. . One Vara ‘. ... 1.60 1.75 3 50 ' 403 10.1:0 Two tures ~ . . &OD 300 0.00 10.03 Um rbilree Vtares . . 6.00 . &CO 5.03 15.01 MOO Squares, . . &CO 1103 20.00 'NM Quarter Colu m n. . 10.0) 213.0) MAO MIX' Rolf Column ... . 15.03 52.50 50.03 80.03 tOCIne Coln= . ' .. . 15.00 &LW 8D.0) Ino. Ix Professional Cards 10;03 per line per year. Administrator's and Auditor's Notices, PAN City Notices, 03 cents per line Ist Insertion, 15 coats per Has sae& subsequent Insertion. Tea Hoes al" constitute nettalre. - . ' ' WU.,.. ' .& IREDELL, Pun*earuns. , „ . ALL*r!To'wx, PA. ,ffinanciat. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO CENTRAL PACIFIC R. R.. CO. FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS This great enterprise.% approaching completion with a rapidity that astonishes the world. Over Afteen hundred (M(0) toffee have been built by two (2) powerful com panies: the Union Pacific Railroad, beginning at Omaha, building weal, and the Central Pulite Railroad, beginning at Sacramento, and building out, =till the two roads shall meet : . Less than two hundred and fifty miles remain to be built. The greater part of the interyal is now graded, and it Is reasonably expected that the through connection between Ban Francisco andliew York will be completed by July 1. As the stoma of Government alas given to each Is de pendent upon the length of road each shall build, both companies are prompted to great efforts to secure the con struction and control of what, when completed, will be one and the only grand Railroad Line connecting Me Attantio and Pattie coasts. One Hundred and Ten Million Dollars ($110,(133,030) in money have already been expended by the two powerful companies ensued In this groat enterprise, and they will speedily complete the portion yet to be built. When the United States Government found it necessary to secure the coutruction of the Pacific" Railroad, to develop and pro- Met its own Interest, it gave the companies authorised to build it such emote aid as should rondo). Its speedy com pletion beyond a doubt. The Government aid may be briefly summed up as follows: First. The right of way and all necessary timber and stone from publio domain. Second, It makes a donation Of 12,1300 acres of land to the mile, which when the road Is completed, will amount to twenty-three million (23,000,000) acres, and all of it with in twenty (20) miles of the re:tread. Third. It loan, the companies fifty million dollars (100, 000,000), for which it takes a second lion. The Government hem already loaned the Union Pacific Railroad twenty-four million and fifty-eight thousand dollars ($24,058,C00,1 and to the Central Pacific Railroad seventeen million six hundred and forty.elght thousand dollars ($17,048,003), amounting In all to forty-one million seven hundred and six thousand dollars (141,1113.000). The Companies are permitted to issue their own Find Mortgage Bonds to the same amount as they receive from the United States, and no more. The companies have sold to permanent investors about forty million dollars (1110,000,(0) of their Fast Mortgage Bonds. The companies have already paid In (including not earniugs.not divided, grants from State of California, and Sacramento city and Ban Francleco),.upwaide of (121,000.000) twenty-five mil lion dollars of capital stock. WHAT IS THERE YET TO BE DONE ? In conaidering tills question It must be remembered that all the remaining iron to finish tho road Is contended for, and the largest portion paid for and now delivered on the line of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad, aad that the grading to almost finished. WHAT RESOURCES HAVE THE COM PANIES TO FINISH THE ROAD ? First. They will receive from tho Oovornmoni as the road progreuee about $0,000.C00 additional. Second. They can issue&lr own First Mortgage Bonds for about 011,000,0gladditional. Third. The companies now hold almoit - all the land they have up to this time received from the Government; upon the completion of the road they will have received in all 23,e00.000 acres, which at .1 doper acre would be worth FlittMllGM • In addition to the above the net earnings of the roads and additional capital, If necessary. could be called In to fin ish the road. WAY BUSINESS-ACTUAL EARNINGS No ono has ever expressed a doubt that as soon as tho road Is completed Its through business will be abundantly profitable. Gross earnings of the Union Pacific Rail road Company for gig month., ending January lot, ligt), were upward. of 13,003,000 The earuhms of Central Pacific Railroad, for .ix months, ending January let, 18D, were Expenses Interest 111.750.030 gold $lBO,OOO gold CAM " Net profit of Central Pacific Railroad, after paying all intereet and expenees for six months . .750,000 gold The present grove earnings of the Union and Central Pa cific thdlroads are 41,211,01:0 monthly. HOW LARGE A BUSINESS IS IT SAFE TO PREDICT YOE THE OREAT PACIFIC RAILROAD ? We would give the following facts derived (tom Ship ping Lists, Insurance Companies, Railroads and genera information:— Ships going from the Atlantic around Cape Horn, 100 Steamships connecting at Panama with Cali fornia and China, BO 120.000 " Overland Trains. Stages. Horses, etc., etc.' 30,000 " Here we have two hundred and thirty thousand tom carried westward, and experience has shown in the Ile fa* years the return passenger. from California havelmei nearly as numerous as those going. 110 W MANY PASSENGERS ARE THERE? We mate the following eallinate:- 110 Steamships (both ways) 700 Vessels Overland Present price (averaging half the coot of the steamships; for both passengers and tonnege, gives the following re. salt:— IMMO pusengers at MOO 400,000 tons, rated at Slyer cubic foot .• 433,010,0:0 Deming calculation upon the above figures, without al lowing for the large Increase of business, which can safely be looked for, then estimate the running expense sat one half and we have a net lemma of 414623,000; which, after Ming the interest on the First Mortgagellonds and the ad. vuces nude by the Government, would leave a net snug• a Income of 10.030,000 ovor and above all expenses and Intermit. Th e pint Mortgage Bonds of the Union Paella Railroad Company end the Pint Mortgage Bonds of Um Central Paella Railroad Company are both, principal nod Inter. est, payable In gold coin; they pay six per cont. Interest In ■old coin, an d run f o r, thirty years, and they cannot be pall before that time without the consent of the holder. Pint Mortgage Gold Bonda of the Union Peelle 1441 road for sale at par and accrued Interest, and First Mvtgage Cold Honda of the Central Paella Railroad at un and IC. creed interest DE HAVEN & BRO., DRUM IN Goviimunaa? 850178111:1114 GOLD, wry NO. 40 S. THIRD ST., Priliat.DELPHLt. Elan 27 VOL. XXIII. THE OLD WORLD SPARROW. BY WILLIA M BRYANT WE bear the note of a stranger bird, That ne'er In our land till now was heard. A winged settler has taken his place . With Teutons and men of the Celtic race ; He has followed their path to our hemisphere— The Old World Sparrow at last Is here. Be meets not here, as beyond the main, The fowler's snare and the poisoned grain, But snug built homes on the friendly tree; And crumbs for his chirping family Are strewn when the winter flelds'are drear, For the Old World Sparrow is welcome here. The Insect legions that sting our fruit, And strip the leaves from the growing shoot, A swarming skulking, ravenous tribe, Which Harris and Flint so well describe But cannot destroy, may quail with fear, For the Old World Sparrow, their bane, Is here The apricot, in the summer ray, May ripen now on the loaded spray, And the nectarine, by the•garden walk, Keep firm Its hold on the parent stalk, And the plum Its fragrant fruitage rear, For the Old World Sparrow, their friend, is here That peat of gardens, the little Turk Who signs with his crescent his wicked work, And canoes the half-grown fruit to fall, Shall be sliced and swallowed, In spite of all His sly devices of cunning and fear, For the Old World Sparrow, his foe, is hero. And the army worm and the Hessian Ay And the dreaded canker-worm shall die, And the thrip and slog and fruit-moth seek, In vain, to escape that busy beak. And fairer harvests shall crown the year, For tho Old World Sparrow at last is here. Hearth and 'Home THE - MISSING -GLOVE. I= The Criminal Term of the Middle County Court had just commenced, and I had my full share of engagements for the month ; no less than a dozen cases of greater or minor import ance having accumulated upon the docket, in which I had accepted retainers, and which, for various reasons, had teen postponed from time to time up to the present Session. With this complement of prospective busi ness before me, I was really indisposed to en gage in any fresh cause. The briefs in the cases mentioned, and upon , which I had been pre-engaged, had ell been duly prepared with the aid of my juior law-partner, the authori ties had been consulted - and appropriately noted, and I was ready to leave my office, one morning, on thii way to the court room, when a gentle knocking at the door aroused me from a temporary reverie into which I had relapsed. "Come in," I said, mechanically, and a youthful female, richly but modestly attired, entered the apartment where I was seated, • alone. , Her marrner s and address were sufficiently graceful to arrest courteous attention, though there was a palpable hesitation in her efforts to conceal her identity—or, perhaps, what she deemed any unnecessary details regarding her mission. A thick veil hung over her face, and I had no idea whether she were comely or plain. Young, I quickly felt assured she was, from the tone of her voice and the earnest bearing and object of her words. And, though I could not but experience an earnest desire to see her features, yet so dignifieff and reserved was her whole demeanor, and she so plainly wished to avoid being known, or recognized, aid ocir.v.; intended, from the outset, to place between us. "My business with you," she said, in a low, but earnest tone, "will be very brief, Mr. H. Your legal repute is pi& icly appreciated. You are in attendance upon the present term of the Criminal County Court, I am informed." "Yes, madam." "A friend of mine," she added, with much feeling, " a young man in whom I am deeply interested, was arrested five days ago, and stands charged with having robbed his em ployer of a considerable sum of money. His trial is set down for to-day..--He is innocent, Sir. He never committed the rbbbery. But he has very few friends, and needs able coun sel in his present unfortunate dilemma. I de sire to engage your services in his behalf, and I wish it distinctly understood that no one may know, save ourselves, that I have called upon you in this delicate mission, which you, I am sure, will appreciate without further hint on this point." As she finished this sentence, she laid a one hundred dollar note on the desk before me, as a voluntary retainer, and said, "will you de fend my friend ?" I was already fully engaged, but there was a singular novelty in the case new brought to my notice, and I determined immediately to undertake the defence of the young lady's "friend," of whom, up to the moment of our present interview, I had heard nothing what ever. 1,01),COD .. "He is charged with purloining money, you say ?" I asked, as I laid the 'hundred dollar note aside. "Yes, sir." " What is his name ?" "Mordant, sir. Robert Mordant." "A young man ?" " Three and twenty, sir. I repeat it, he is innocent." "You have proof in readiness, then, to sub stantiate his innocence," I inquired earnestly. " No, sir ; I know nothing of the circum stances—absolutely nothing. Still, I ani sure never committed the robbery he stands charged with." - I was disappointed at this reply, for I saw at once that the young lady's good opinion of her friend had alone induced this wholesale assertion. Upon further inquiry, I ascertained that the case was a difficult ono to meet, inas much as circumstances bore heavily against Mordant, who simply denied the charge, but could in no natural way account 'for -the sus picions which had caused his arrest, and which very plainly pointed towards his guilt. I assured my visitor that I would respect the confidence She had tendered, and that I would give the case my earnest attention. As she rose to go, she said : . "I will repeat, sir, that Mordant has very few Mends, and no ready means. Yohr charges will be liberally and honorably Met, however. But for God's sake, sir, do not neglect him 1" t‘ You may rely on my best endeavors, madam," Implied, encouragingly. "lie will be brought up to-day, you say ?" . . "Yes, sir." " I shall be there, and will look after him." "You will not mention our intervie. ?" she • Air urged. "I comprehend you, madam." "Good morning, sir. Ishall wait on you again," she said. And ten minutes tddrward, I sat at my table within the bar of the Criminal Court. The 'Judge who presided at the present term was a man of excellent qualities, whose only fault (if fault it be in a judicial officer) was a natural Idndnesa of heart that Nil often, in the opinion of the government attorney, at least, leaned to the side of the unlucky priso ner who chanced to be arraigned berate him, and whose constant custom was the allowance to the culprit of the largest possible lenity, and 60,0120 ton. 70,000 (actual for 188. 4,000 estimated " 101000 • • 617,4410,000 10,640,000 'can t at . 4 1 1J Triii ALLENTO.WN, PA. ho widest chances for defence—lf defence ho had—on all occasions Two or three unimportant cases were called, and postponed for cause, when the clerk called : "Robert Mordant I" A neatly dressed young man rose quickly in the prisoner's dock, and looked calmly upon the court and the clerk, while a low whisper, ran around the bar and through the room, in reference to the youth's pleasant appearance, and the crime with which he was charged. "Robert Mordant," repeated the clerk, "hearken to an indictment found against you by the jurors for the Middle County of this State, and returned, duly attested, by said ju- rors, to the liOnorable Court now in session, In said County, for the consideration of Crim- inal business," etc., etc. The slightest possible shade of emotion pass ed over the young man's face, perceptible only tothose who were nearest to him, and who watched him carefully, while the indictment was being read, in form ; and then he was called upon to plead. In a clear, manly tone, he answered " not guilty," and sat down, awaiting the further customary proceedings, with deep interest, but with singular calmness and decorum. Immediately upon his responding to the in dictment, I approached the dock where 9at. "Have you counsel ?" inquired the court. "/appear for him, if your honor please," I answered. And I extended my hand towards Mordant, whom I had never seen before. He grasped my hand warmly, and said : "you are very kind, sir. I am innocent, in- nocent—so help me God l"' "Briefly, Mordant,',' I asked him, "what are the circumstances of your case ?" " I can answer nothing," he said. " I know nothing, except that I was arrested a week ago, charged with robbing my employer of a thousand dollars. The Most of the money was found in the corner of the mattress upon which I slept. I was forced away to prison, and here I am—at their mercy. ' I saw that the "general Issue" was only to be met and combatted, and 'I resumed my seat near the prosecuting Attorney with many mis givings; though I did feel that if Mordant were guilty, in the whole course of my legal experience I bad never met with one who so palpably seemed, to my vision, to be innocent and apparently honest. Still; appearances are too often very deceptive. Young Mordant had been in the service of the house of Emerson Bangs, for sonic six years, during which time he had made hinutelf a favorite with his employer—so much so, that the wealthy old gentleman had invited him to his own residence, often, and had evinced An extraordinary interest• and confidence in him, while he omitted these social favors and cons pllments to the two elder clerks in Lib count ing-room, who had long been jealous of the attentions alone paid by Mr. Bangs to the junior book-keeper. He had also found favor in the eyes of another personage resident with Mr. 8., and in whose welfare that eminent merchant took a very deep concern. This last named Individual Was the only daughter of Emerson Bangs, the distinguished financier who had been robbed of a thousand dollars, in bank notes, which bank notes had been en- trusted to young Mordant's ms t aWFAi ll pf was missed, and which had been traced directly to Mordant's mattress, where the officer who arrested him found it concealed. Here were circumstances that told fearfully against my new client. Besides this, Mordant roomed alone, and carried his key with him when he left his lodgings. Ilia apartment was locked and unlocked by himself, and even he deemed the whole proceeding inexplicable, as well as astounding, upon its face. If he had not himself carried the money to Its hiding place, who had done It? And how —or when? No one had access to his cham- lier, that ho could think of. He knew the jealousy that existed towards him, on the part of his two associate and senior clerks, but ho could not imagine that either of them would go so far as to thus compass his ruin. If they had, how did they get into his apartment How did they come possessed of the money, too—which was also under his own private ock, in the counting-house, when last he saw The government Attorney stated his case briefly to the court and jury, animadverting not over-strongly upon the enormity of the crime alleged, but calling attention to the sim- pie facts that the youth now arraigned had been confided in byhls employer, implicitly ; that ho had evidently been tempted to abwie that confidence ; that ho had plainly robbed him ; and ho expressed his profound regrets that one so young, and whose prospects in life appeiiied to be so promising, should thus at once impose upon his liberal employer and friend, and forever .dash away the fortune which already seemed within hi s very grasp, through such inexcusable and ungrateful cu- pldity and treachery. ' He [affirmed the jury that he was prepared to prove that the money had been lost by Mr. Bangs; that it was last in the custody of the prisoner ; ; 'that it was missed, and,when called for, the defendant confusedly answered that he• knew nothing of its whereabouts ; that officert had been put upon the search, and most of the identical bank notes had been found by them concealed within the casing of the very Mattress on which Mordant slept I And „finally that the accused had simply protested his innocence of the theft, but could explain in no way how the money canto in his own private room, or'when it had been conveyed there. ' The witnesses against Mordant called by the District Attorney were 'sworn. They were Burton and Ames, his fellow clerks, Mr. Bangs, his employer, and the officer who found the money. While Mr. Bangs was making his simple statement regarding his loss, and Identifying his money which was produced in Court, I took the opportunity to speak aside ;with the officer as to the facts connected with Mor dant's arrest—how he appeared, what he said, etc., and I learned from him but little except that when he discovered the bills in the mat tress, and was about to move away, he saw a black kid film near the head of the bed, which he removed with the money, and had retained since in his private possession. "Where is that glove?" I asked, quickly. "Here," said the officer, drawing it from his breast coat pocket. It was a plain glove, with the French mak er's name stamped upon the inside, at the wrist. I examined it, and as the thought struck me, I said, "keep this out of sight, and do not mention the fact of your having found it, until I call upon you. It may serve, this young man materially—and justice will thus be attained, if I am not mistaken in my esti mation of the merits of this singular case."r ° The officer replaced the glove in his pocket, mei the case proceeded, The testimony of Bangs was given amongst unfeigned grief, • d only affirmed Ma loss of the money he had 11 roiottf+ At MOR , WEDNE astody. Ho was pro talons of the prisoner, ation, and ho left . the • that his evidence had no harm, oven if he placed In Mordant'' fuse in his Comm '1 during my cross-e stand evidently ho done his faiorite c were guilty: and testified that the rdant's hands. Ames witness stand, and he to the possession of y Mordant. When I e this witness, I looked and I fancied that I efts there—an evidently le case might be con out 6f it altogether. Burton was cal I money was last in was then put upon corroborated Burto the thousand dolla turned to cross-exa him straight in the discovered an une. concealed wish tha , l l eluded, or that he " Mr. Ames," I clerk with Norden " I have been," 1 "Yes. Are titer private safe?" "Not that I knov " Have you ever room ?" Mordant was immediately discharged, and as he stepped out of the dock, he said to me . " I am innocent, sir, of the charge, and it will yet be substantiated," he continued, and we stepped from the door out upon the walk. A bandaome carriage stood near the portal of the Court-house, and as we emerged from the hall, I saw a little white hand beckoning me, or Mordant, I knew not which, and as we advanced to the window of the vehicle, I re cognized, by her dress, the young lady who had called upon me in the morning, to engage my services in the young man's defence. Her veil still covered her face, but I knew her voice as she exclaimed " Robert I Hobert I" and thrust the carriage door open been present only." d, "you are a* fellow re you not ?" said, gruffly. ny duplicate keys to his ME ',(l occasion to open his Never." sumo house--eh "You board in tli " Yes, sir." " You are often ii " Yes—when he I " Will you oblige I Court and the Jury t asked without any a " Certainly," he r into his coat pocket, glove, and then scare he could not find. ' "Ikre is one of th the other," he added tering or embarrassm I laid the glove on " Now, Mr. Ames -let me ask you, on never had access to I sence ?" lb° chamber?" i e by exhibiting to the i gloves you wear ?" I ttent concern or effort. lied, putting his hand d producing a single ~ g for the other—which sir. I do not lint ithout the slighest o table before me f you please once more, ur oath, eir, have you ratint's room in his nb- " Never, sir." "Nor to his safe?' " NeveP." 1 "When did you lasthave these gloves on your hands ?" •":ro-day—yesterdal—every day for a week, •sir,'•' he answered, emitotically, and without qualification. ' ' "You are certain of • " Quite certain, sir. I I wear them constant- y . • " When was Mordtu arrested ?" " Near a week ago "When the money vinsfoundby the officer, concealed in Mordant'a mattress, Mr. Ames, was there anything 081 discovered there, to your knowledge ?" "Nothing that I lurk heard of, sir." Turning to the officer, I asked him to give one the odd glove ho hadltbund, and preserved after the arrest. And i tlacing it on the bar, before the witness, I as ed him "Do you know that, IT. Ames ?" " Yes, sir," ho replied, with the least pos sible hesitancy. ." What Is it?" " It is my missing glove." " Are you sure of it 1" "0, yes," he added, smiling—" I cannot mistake it. There lies itsfellow, on the toble I " 4l l.loiris"alf, at; T remarkeff7quietly: "You may step down." The last witness called was the officer. He swore very clearly to the details of the arrest, and stated how and where he had found the money, in Mordent's room, etc. He also de scribed the appearance of the prisoner when taken, asserting that he was deeply confused and could give no account of the affair in any way. Upon the cross-examination, I asked him : " Officer, you say you found the money n Mordant's mattress ?" " I did, sir—seven hundred of it." G' Who suggested to you the Idea of looking there for it ?" "No one, sir. That is, no one suggested the mattrees. But Mr. Ames, who was just now on the stand, hinted that It would be well to search Mordant's apartment." " Exactly. Then Mr. Antes advised you to do it?" • " He advised searching the room, tlie trunk, and so forth, of Mr. Mordant, in a general way." "Yes. Now, ofileer,",l added, earnestly, producing the glove, which Ames had missed, (and which ho swore he had had upon his hand the day before—and every day, since the arrest,) "do you recognide this glove 2" "I do, sir." "Mat is its late histo' "I brought It into Cimi How long have you sion 2" " Since the night of M " ConStantly ?" "Yes, sir ; since clove ing." " Then Mr. Ames has for a week ?" " That is simply impos been in my pocket all th " Now, sir, state to the you found that glove I" "Well, sir, I first saw edge of the mattress, teher concealed; and I took it I removed the seven hun "And it has not been. since?" " Never, until I laid It Court." • I " That is all," I said, " We rest here," said t ney, not a little disconce point, apparently so pro ~ However, the District case with great ability, a' circumstances—save the' —were concerned, ever) strongly against my you I rose to address the 0, feelings of sincere inter .; half, for I now felt ass cent ; but I also felt tha unless the extraordin , mysteriously discove struck the minds of the The Government A this point, briefly, tutu 1 might have been accide dart's room—where ho oven have been placed self I who was had eno were bad enough to co course. As to the discr and the officer's testim. have forgotten that his y possession. (Such w :1 chtratlon, however?) With all the power o I appealed to the jury and asserted what was was a case of simple ci against him. The charge of His II highly favorable to my NG; FEBRUARY 10, 1869. tired. They were absent a long while—full ten minutes I And ten minutes is a long while, when one is waiting to hear the flat that shall send him forth, in such a case, to liberty or to a dungeon The door opened and the jury returned. The clerk asked : Mr. Foreman, have you agreed ?" "We have." " What say you, is Robert Mordant, guilty, or not guilty 4" NOT GUILTY I" said the Foreman The young man sprang into the vehicle, and pressed the form of the girl to his heart, pas sionately, as she' hastily exclaimed to the dri ver, "home, Morris I" and the prancing horses hurled the carriage away from the fur ther observation of the crowd. The vehicle halted before the door of an ele gant house, in the fashionable part of the town, and Mordant handed the lady out, and up the steps. Upon the silver-plate on the door of this fine residence, appeared the name of BAxas. The young lady was his daughter. The old gentleman was at home, awaiting the result. All three were deeply agitated, but very happy when they finally met together, and the verdict was made known. " Innocent, father I" exclaimed the fair girl, enthusiastically. , " Innocent, as I always de clared he was, from the moment the vile accu sation:was made against him." Mr. Bangs congratulated his favorite clerk upon the verdict, and referred at once to the point of evidence concerning Ames' glove, found in his chaniber. "That is sufficiently significant, of itself," said Mordant, quietly. "But what has be come of the three hundred dollars, still undis covered, of the ten hundred you placed in my charge, Mr. Bangs ?" "I do not know, or care . ," said Bangs. "I am satisfied that you are the victim, in this outrage, and not the thief." " But /care about it, sir, and it must be found," responded Mordant, with emphasis. " And how will you find it, pray ?" inquired the old gentleman, doubtingly. "If it cannot be otherwise accomplished, Ames AO be arrested," said Mordant. " lie will then have the opportunity, at least, to ex plain the missing glove matter, about which, at any rate, lie testified falsely to-day." And Mordant forthwith followed up his plan with reference to Ames, whom he strong ly suspected of having caused him all this trou ble and peril. IsEg ired at on c t cap r tbs sattapgal i olistf: and boldly charged Ames with having obtain ed access to his prlyato safe, and with having secreted the seven hundred dollars beneath his pillow with ulterior designs. Ames was dogged and uncommunicative, and could give no explanation whatever re garding his lost glove. But, being pressed by Mr. Bangs, he ex-pressed lds willingness to re sign his position in that gentleman's service, since hi had evidently lost confidence in him. Farther than this nothing could be got out of " Go, then," said Mr. Bangs, warmly. have lost all c,onfldence in you, and I firmly be lieve you are the cause of this trouble," and Ames left the house of Emerson Bangs in dis- grace Three years afterwards the affair of the rob bery was forgotten, and young Mordant then had been nearly ten years in Mr. Bangs em ploy. Ile had for a long ime been the accept ed suitor of Miss 8., and one day I rather un expectedly received pn invitation to be present at the wedding of my former client, with the daughter of the wealthy merchant, who had called on me so modestly on the morning of the well-remembered trial, to solicit my ser vices in her lover's behalf. —H. Y. Ledger. FRENCH MODE OF FATTENING POULTRY. In Vichy (France) a very singular mode of fattening poultry has for some time been sue : cessfully pursued. 'A large circular building, admirably ventilated, and with the light par tially excluded, is fitted up with circular cages, In tiers rotating on a central axis, and capa ble of being elevated, depressed,. or rotated, which are so arranged that each bird has, as it 'were, a separate stall, containing a perch. The birds are placed with their tails coverging to a common centre, while the head of each may be brought in front by a simple rotary move ment of the central axis. Each bird is fastened to its cell by leathern fetters, which prevent movement, except of the head and wings, without occasioning pain. When t tim feeding time comes, the bird is enveloped in Ovood en case, front which the head and neck alone appear, and which is popularly known as its paktot, by which means all unnecessary strug gling is avoided. The attendant (a young girl) seizes the bead in her left hand and gent ly presses the•beak in order to open it; then,• with her right she introduces into the gullet a tin tube about the size of a finger. This tube is united to a flexible pipe, which communi cates with the dish in which the food has been placed, and from which the desired quantity is instantaneously injected Into the stomach, The feeding process is so short. that two hund red birds can be fed by one person in an hour. The food is a liquid paste, composed of Indian corn and barley saturated with milk. It is ad ministered three times a .day In quantities varying according to the condition of each bird. The food seems to be very satisfactory, for if any chances to fall thCy devour it all as soon as they are released from their paletots. The poultry house is well ventilated ; but of course it is impossible for any place In which six hundred fowls are confined to be entirely free from smell. It takes about a fortnight to fatten a bird by this method. Before being ' killed the birds are left inn dark but well ven tilated chamber for four-and-twenty hours without food. Each fowl is then taken up by Its feet, is wrapped up so as to prevent all struggling, and then bled so adroitly In the hroat, that its death seems instantaneous. The blood is then allowed to flow from it, and finally, after being plucked, washed, and Clean ed, it IS 'wrapped in a damp cloth, and is ready for sale. From forty to fifty fowls are thus killed and sold daily. —Tenement that is not occupied half the tithe—The room for Improvement. this morning, sir.' d it. in your posses •dant'e arrest." o'clock that oven of had this glove ble, sir, since it has time, certain." ourt and jury where te glovo undo's. the I found the money vay with me when red dollars." t ofyour possession n the table here, In ME k Government attor d at this unexpected dentlally made. ttorney argued his Id so far as all the f the missing glove lking, certainly, bore •ful client. urt and jury with in my client's be that he was info- I had a weak case ; fact regarding the glove should have ry, as it bad my own. ey had touched upon that Ames' glove 11y dropped in Mor i n called. It might ere by Mordant, him ', h to do this,. if he I- mit the robbery, of aucy between Amei' y, the former might I. Vs was not in his own . ;tot his own sworn de- finking° I possessed, Mordant's behalf, to wit: t h at this . ~ tantial imidence or to 'the jury was %eery. The jury ro- THE VIRTUE OF PERSISTENQX BY HORACE BBBBLEY I THINK the world is very generally misled by that vague term, genius. Far bo it from me to deny that some are born with loftier en pncittes, quicker perceptions, happier mental constitutions, than others ; yet I think what is best in a human intellect is not capacity but tendency. Of the three decidedly most gifted and brilliant young men I have known, one died in a poor-house, of delirium tremens; another sunk into an early grave, respected, but also a victim of alcoholic distillation ; and the third, though hardly thirty, is to-day a vagabond and a eumberer of the ground, to whom it would be very unsafe to lend a dol. lar. All these had not merely brilliant capa cities—they really achievetl decided success In their better days ; they could be industrious and efficient if they would, and for months at a time were so ; but, they had not the purpose, or they could not have faltered and fallen as they did. Had they lived less to self and more to human good, they would never have been thus deserted by their guardian angels. I know there is a small class of whom the world says, " They see to the heart of things by intuition ; they are poets from impulse only.; orators, statesmen, critics, sages, be cause nature would have it so." I beg leave to doubt that men of this stamp are a whit more abundant than white crows. I know Uteri: are enough who take pleasure and pride in surprising the public with prodigies of easy and rapid achievements—who would have us beliexe that they have thrown off their epic a canto per day, and can write you their quire of clever epigrams or sonnets before dinner. Now, Ido not question the facility of rapid and brilliant execution, as the result of past labor and acquirement; in fact, I know of such instances; but look at Virgil's four lines per day—written that day to be read through all future time ;.consider how Demosthenes made himself an orator against a host of 'no- tural impediments ; examine a fax simile of a manuscript page of Byron's poems, and mark the numerous erasures and interlineations, ar going slow composition and a puzzled brain and note well that the man who writes a poem, 1 a sermon, an elaborate review, an oration in a day, has been many years acquiring that facil ity, and you Will agree with me that the vul gar' supposition that some. are so gifted by na ture that they may achieve, distinction without effort, is contradicted by a thousand facts where it seems to be sustained by one. My sometime friend, who perished miserably of delirium tremens, often affected to write with out labor ; yet I happen to know, from,his in timate family connections, that he repeatedly shut hi e ilLfpr months and devoted his whole ;nergies to Study. In these days of ;her lion the sparkling effusions which he d to dash off impromptu, after his return ciety, had essentially their origin. . _ ME At nil events, be sure there is no blame in the universe, end, when we say there is, we can truly mesh only that we are Ignorant of the relation of cause and effect in that instance. All things are governed by Law, from the falling of an avalanche to the growth of a vio let. "Sire," said an -envious courtier, to orals, who had just achieved a - brilliant tri umph, " Sire, Marshal Villars is very lucky." "Lucky, sir I" promptly responded the grated monarquc, "Marshal Villars lucky,' did you say ? No, sir ! he is a great deal more than that I" A true and noble success is within the reach of every human being who rightly apprehends and will diligently seek it.' It may very well be quite other than the aspirant meditates—it may even seem defeat to the superficial ob server—but God still reigns, and no heroic and unselfish aim can really ever be defeated. If five thousand ''ltspire to fill the Presidential chair, it is very certain that all cannot have precisely that outward and visible stamp of success they covet ; but, were there fifty thou sand, and there aspiration rather essential than circumstantial, to enlighten and bless their countrymen rather than rule them, there are ample work and scope for them all. One may be privileged to teach thousands to loath indo lence, frivolity, display and vice, and love in dustry, sobriety, modesty and virtue, while another inculcates the same lessons only In a narrow, secluded neighborhood, unpralsed, unsung, unchronicled, save in the books of the recording angel. The scope of influence in these two cases is different, llut the measure of essential success is the same. Whoever has learned to find delight in doing good, and in nothing inconsistent therewith—to do what ever good is within hilt reach, and not repine that his opportunities are such only as Heaven has been pleased to vouchsafe himcan never esteem his life a failure. • Should sickness or casualty confine him for years to a bed of suf fering,and dependence, he will thenceforth radiate a glow of heartfelt resignation, of be nign humility, of grateful piety, whereof the influence will be diffused more widely and en duringly than he could have imagined. In the ever. proceeding warfare 'of Good against Evil, Hight against Wrong, Truth against Er ror, thdre can be no real defeat, no absolute discomfiture only postponement, repulse, and the ill-success of a misdirected attack—au unwisely planned manceuvre. In that great contest, whoever plants himself firmly on the side of Good is allied with all the moral forces of the universe, and is certain of ultimate triumph. The evil and the base, the selfish and the sycophantic, may seem to flourish for a season ; but their verdure soon passes away and is forgotten, leaving the good to stand forth like the evergreens of the forest in Wint er, when the Summer foliage which dwarfed and obscured them lies shriviled at their feet. Happy they who learn in childhood, and treas ure through their after trials and temptations, the grand lesson of the age—the philosophy of living to noble ends. —A Boston reporter thus describes his experience in scorch 'of items : Reporter, seek ing information, boards the. French bark St—, and twits the captain a question. "No speak° de Anglais on zis sheeli," zo negro cook Espa nal.i' Reporter to cook—" Balder Espanol, Senor ?" Cook—" No mucho, per la carpen tair speaks la Eng lingua little bit." Reporter to carpenter—" What was that missing man's name Carpenter—" Ya vol, nix spraken mit her English joost yae, fri, octet." Reported leaves-in disgust. —A gentleman recently received an unpaid letter commencing : " Sir, yourletter of yes. terday bears upon its face the stamp of false. hood." His answer was brief and to the put.. pose:" Sir, I only wish your letter of yester day bore upon its face a stamp. any kind." —There is a family of • five persons in New York. who require three brown-stone houses to live In, and 17 servants to wait on them. They keep no carriages In the city, "owing to their houses being too small to se coMmodate the necessary servants." 'WILLS 86 IREDFLTs 'Plain anb Pan Sot Printera, No. 47 EAST HAMILTON STREET, ALLRNTOWN, PA. ELEGANT PRINTING, NEW DESIGNS, • • • ..' % • •• • • •.. • LATEST STYLES Stamped Cbe cim'Cadr S d h a 'att i n ß a= . Copal tu t " andßtitftarrtt 4'Teiertneads. ‘ y oLabig EEsTis anto. ' i r minE N s roteno i any • dn. ere. °"aw'..hh...rotio. NO. Ai. HOW A' COMPASS AND A FIRE FLY SAVED A PRISONER. Putda'd s thterertior soattatt of The raven Umtta. Compass to Ova 'Vtic; Vohs* for Ttobrasr7. h. the raloplag curious story told hlm bra Lake Claim plats hositt,, " He Male that he had been a prisoner for eleven months in Andersonvillo during the Into war, and Whan he heard that General . Sherman was at Atlanta, about two Mutant . and forty miles distant; ho and ;his comrade determined to escape, and make their way thither. One of them had an old-fashioned watch with a compass in the back of it ; and by this they expected to direct their course, which was nearly northwest. But, as they expected to travel only by night, they resolved not to start until they could get a box of matches, so as to be able to strike a light now and then, to look at their compass. They delayed their de parture for six weeks, trying to get a box of matches, for the purchase of which they gave one of their negro friends their last flvo dollar WI. Ile could not buy a box of matches for five dollars, nor for any other number of dol lars, and so at last they made up their minds to start without them. . . . . .. "Assisted by their black friend, they got away one afternoon, and lay hidden until late in the eveningovhen they' started at a great pace through the woods, and came about mid night to a road which seemed to go, as nearly as they could guess, exactly northwest. Seemed, I say ; but it might not, and, if it did not, it would lead them to capture and death. The night wafs not very dark, but the stars were hidden by clouds ; else the friendly North Star would have guided them upon their way. Anxious as they were to get on, they stood for several minutes comparing recollections, and debating the great question upon which their lives depended. But, the more they talked it over, the more uncertain they became; and i now they bitterly regretted their Impatience in coming away without matches. " There wore a great number of fireflies fly ing about. A lucky thought occurred to ono •of them,—the boatman who told us the story. He caught a firefly, and, taking it between his thumb and finger, held if over his compass.— Inmglne their joy to find that the insect gave them plenty of light for their purpose: and imagine their still greater joy to discover that 1 the road led straight to the Union, army.— Eight miles of travel brought them safely to it." Admirable invention 1 I often wonder that a thing so valuable can be so small,:simple, and cheap. It is nothing but a needle, a pivot, and a card, which you can buy for half a dol lar, and carry in your pocket, or dangle at the end of a watch-chain. Yet, small and trifling as it is, a ship's company that should find themselves in the middle of the ocean without a compass would consider it a great favor to he allowed to buy one for many thousand dol- —Happy children, who axe yet unacquainted with Joe Miller, will laugh at the following : During the Nelson and Wellington war an old woman went into a village shop tii buy a half pound of candles. Being told the price, she found It more than she had been used to, and asked the reason. The shopman said it was becalm of the war, on which the old wo- In"foellultitAred"RaPOT‘ have they —An Irishman was going along a road, when an angry bull rushed down upon him, and with his horns tossed him over a fence. The Irishman recovering from his fall, upon looking up saw the bull pawing and tearing up the•ground, whereupon Pat, smiling at him, said, "If it was not, for your bowing and scraping your humble apologies, you brute, faix I should think you had thrown me over this fence on purpose." —On one occasion " Damon and Pythias" was being played at a theatre in Washington. In thelast act, as Damon, about to be led to execution, was straining his eyes in the effort to discern his friend in the distance, and ask ing, "Is he coming !" the locomotive whistle sounded close by. " He'll be here in the next train !" shouted a wag, and in an instant the emotion was changed to laughter. —An American put down a braggadocio Englishman by explaining that the reason why the sun never set in the British empire was because the English could not be trusted in the dark. Another reply to the same boast Was: " Wa'll I don't know about the sun ; but this I Will say—there's Is a deal more moonshine about your empire than there is about any other I know of," ' —The Boston Transcript, which has an editor who knows something of horses, says : "No one need fear getting out of the road on a dark night if he unchecks his horse and per mits him to pick his way. His scent is infal lible." —An Eastern contemporary says: "It Is easy enough to find villages In Now England where there are twenty admirable girls under thirty years of age, and not ono marriageable young man." —A subscription paper was lately ( Fireulated with the following object in view : "We sub scribe and pay the amount opposite our names for the purpose of paying the organist and a boy to blow the same." —An Illinois paper chronicles the arrival of a citizen "with a complete outfit of a Caman che Indian, consisting of bows and arrows, shield, &c., and also the gentleman's scalp." —lt was not Mrs. Partington who thought " Ed." must be a great newspaper boy, because his name was attached to so many paragraphs in the papers. —Fact and Inference.—"At the Cape of Good Hope," whites a traveler, "people the very fast ; but the sheep have remarkably long tails l" —.Papers in Idaho not only publish lists of births, but add to the announcements tho 'weight of tho several additions to the territor ial population. —Since the commencement of the war-the subscription book publishers of Hartford, Conn., have sold five and a half millions worth of books. =A Southern editor, about whom many rumors are in circulation, says; "Thank for tune, half the lies that aro told about mo ain't true." —Leigh Hunt was asked by a lady, at a dessert, If lie would not venture oh, an orange. " Madam, I should ho happy to do' so, but I am afraid i should tumble off.it —Leal Chesterfield once remarked that even Athol the first man, knew.the : value of polite flea, and allowed Eve to have the &albite , of the apple. Mamma," said a promlaing youth of fepr or five summers, "if all are made, of dust, ain't colored people made of coal-dust t" —A wag lent 'a clergyman a horse which ran away and titre* him, and then sclaimed cred&t for " aid in spreading the gospel." —lf the good all dle early, why are the bad like tho pupil ofan eye V—Because they dilate.
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